Chapter Summaries

Shengyang Yue challenged all seven Sun Moon Royal Academy team members at once and used his space-manipulating Martial Soul to seize their Soul Tool shells. He left the shells flying back toward the team, while Kong Deming and Elder Chen watched his overwhelming control.

• Shengyang Yue offered to fight all seven team members together and said two should withdraw if they lost.
• Xu Tianyu arranged the team’s positions and agreed to use Soul Tools against Shengyang Yue.
• Xu Tianyu and his teammates summoned their Martial Souls and fired a barrage of Soul Tool shells at Shengyang Yue.
• Shengyang Yue used his space ability to halt the shells in midair and turn them back toward the seven.
• Elder Chen marveled at Shengyang Yue’s control, and Kong Deming was delighted by his talent.

Shengyang Yue used his darkness domain to separate Xu Tianxin’s team and exploit their anger, leaving Xu Tianxin fighting alone and searching for a way to counter the domain. As Xu Tianxin prepared to keep battling, Shengyang Yue formed a blade of Dark Elements and chose a simpler way to win.

• Xu Tianyu realized Shengyang Yue had used a spatial ability without revealing his martial soul or soul rings, while Shengyang Yue pulled two teammates into the darkness.
• Ma Shengtian attacked Shengyang Yue in anger, but Xu Tianxin calmed him and ordered the remaining teammates into a back-to-back formation.
• Shengyang Yue emerged from underground, seized Ye Hua, and carried her into the darkness, prompting Ma Shengtian to charge after them and disappear as well.
• Xu Tianxin ordered Wang Kui to enhance him and sent Liu Hui to unleash his fifth soul skill, but Shengyang Yue avoided their attacks with a clone.
• Xu Tianxin attacked the clone with his Purple Blazing Sky Claw, then resolved to find a weakness in the domain as Shengyang Yue formed a Dark Element blade.

Shengyang Yue used his Dark Element domain and draining flying blade to wear Xu Tianxin down, then won when Xu Tianxin surrendered. The match ended with Shengyang Yue's abilities still largely unrevealed, leaving Elder Chen and Kong Deming impressed but puzzled by his tactics.

• Outside the arena, Elder Chen criticized the Sun Moon Royal Academy students for struggling against Shengyang Yue's unfamiliar domain, while Kong Deming defended Xu Tianxin and praised Shengyang Yue.
• Ye Xishui watched the dense Dark Element and wondered how Shengyang Yue would fare if opponents knew about his domain in advance.
• Inside the domain, Shengyang Yue tricked Xu Tianxin into blocking a flying blade that pierced his palm and carried Moon's Invasion, steadily draining his Soul Power.
• Xu Tianxin proposed deciding the match with one move, but Shengyang Yue refused and stayed hidden in the darkness rather than spend more Soul Power.
• Xu Tianxin surrendered after realizing he could not force Shengyang Yue to reveal his martial soul or soul rings.

Shengyang Yue defeated Xu Tianxin and gave up the Sun Moon Team captaincy, then received a custom Soul Tool and cultivation resources from Elder Chen. As another sparring match against Ye Xishui was about to begin, Elder Chen learned that Shengyang Yue planned to replenish his Dark Element by absorbing Dark Attribute soul beasts.

• Shengyang Yue removed the corrosive Dark Element from Xu Tianxin, who accepted losing the captain's position and asked a question that Shengyang Yue refused to answer.
• Elder Chen called Shengyang Yue to his office and presented him with a custom Level Six melee Soul Tool containing Space Element iron.
• Shengyang Yue named the blade Space Blade, and Elder Chen gave him cultivation resources and one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Elder Chen asked whether Shengyang Yue planned to absorb a Dark Attribute soul beast to replenish his Dark Element, and Shengyang Yue confirmed that he did.
• Elder Chen told Ye Xishui to prepare for another sparring match with the remaining Sun Moon Team members.

Elder Chen gave Shengyang Yue two storage rings stocked with resources and soul tool bombs before Ye Xishui took him to a secluded place to propose an alliance. They agreed to cooperate on escaping Old Ghost Zhongli through a planned exchange-student program after the Soul Master Competition, and Shengyang Yue gave Ye Xishui the promised Soul Tool notebook.

• Elder Chen gave Shengyang Yue two storage rings containing cultivation resources, Soul Tools, and five Level Eight soul tool bombs.
• Ye Xishui met Shengyang Yue outside and led him to a secluded spot to ask about his true purpose at Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Ye Xishui admitted she had tested Shengyang Yue under Old Ghost Zhongli's orders and proposed cooperating to escape him.
• Shengyang Yue agreed to join Ye Xishui in seeking first place at the Soul Master Competition and leaving through Shrek Academy's exchange-student plan.
• Ye Xishui promised to report Old Ghost Zhongli's movements and help Shengyang Yue obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast soul ring.
• Shengyang Yue gave Ye Xishui the promised Soul Tool crafting notebook, and she left.

Emperor Xu Yu rejected Xu Tianxin’s appeal for war and planned to use Shengyang Yue’s talent to strengthen his rule. Meanwhile, Shengyang Yue tested the Space Blade’s ability to absorb Yang and Moon Power, and Ye Xishui studied his Soul Tool notebook before finding the surname “Jin” beneath it.

• Xu Tianxin urged Xu Yu to consider war against the original three nations, but Xu Yu cut him off and dismissed him.
• Xu Yu decided he needed Kong Deming to grow stronger and considered using Shengyang Yue or destroying him if he could not be controlled.
• Shengyang Yue infused the Space Blade with Yang Power and Moon Power, then chose to keep his ability to absorb Moon Power secret.
• Ye Xishui read Shengyang Yue’s notebook, which contained Soul Tool methods up to Rank 9, and reflected on her plans to escape Old Ghost Zhongli.
• Ye Xishui noticed the character “Jin” beneath the notebook and wondered whether the Rank 9 Soul Engineer had that surname.

Ye Xishui returned Shengyang Yue’s notebook to Jin Tianming and confronted Kong Deming when he arrived at Xu Tianran’s palace. The chapter ended as Ye Xishui unleashed her Rank 99 pressure and prepared to settle their old score.

• Ye Xishui gave Jin Tianming the notebook she had found at her former home, and he accepted her explanation that it belonged to his family faction.
• Ye Xishui asked Jin Tianming to help free Shengyang Yue from confinement, but he denied that Shengyang Yue had been imprisoned over the notebook.
• Jin Tianming warned Ye Xishui that a dangerous, radical figure had come to know a genius from his family faction.
• Kong Deming arrived at Xu Tianran’s palace, and Ye Xishui accused him of helping cause Shengyang Yue’s troubles in the past.
• Kong Deming claimed that he and Elder Chen had intended Shengyang Yue to inherit Mingde Hall or lead the academy, but Ye Xishui released her Rank 99 killing intent against him.

Ye Xishui, Kong Deming, and Jin Tianming met in Xu Tianran’s palace, where Kong Deming recognized Jin Tianming’s connection to his former student Shengyang Yue and presented the student’s old Space Blade. The Sun Moon Emperor concluded that Xu Tianran was safe and prepared to clear the way for his succession, while Kong Deming left still uncertain about Shengyang Yue’s fate.

• Ye Xishui rebuked Kong Deming for interfering in the imperial succession, and Jin Tianming agreed to speak with him for the sake of the Yangyue Family.
• The Sun Moon Emperor learned that Kong Deming had entered Xu Tianran’s palace, recalled his spies, and resolved to prepare Xu Tianran to pursue the war for continental unification.
• Ye Xishui isolated the palace and released her control over Xu Tianran, revealing to Kong Deming that the Crown Prince was not a real person.
• Kong Deming apologized for misjudging Jin Tianming and asked whether Shengyang Yue was alive, but Jin Tianming kept the answer secret.
• Kong Deming presented the Space Blade made for Shengyang Yue, and Ye Xishui mocked the weapon and reminded him that she had forged a blade for Shengyang Yue as well.

Jin Tianming secured Kong Deming’s support for choosing the next emperor, provided the ruler bore the surname Xu, and Ye Xishui agreed to upgrade the Space Blade. Kong Deming then reported to the ailing Sun Moon Emperor that the Crown Prince had not been replaced, leaving the succession scheme concealed.

• Ye Xishui offered to forge Jin Tianming a powerful Soul Tool, and Jin Tianming asked to have both her and Kong Deming’s gifts, amusing Kong Deming and recalling Shengyang Yue.
• Kong Deming insisted that the next emperor bear the surname Xu, and Jin Tianming joked about naming him Xu Yangyue before receiving the Space Blade.
• Ye Xishui revealed she had stayed nearby to protect Jin Tianming, then took the Space Blade to upgrade it as repayment for her debt to Elder Chen.
• Kong Deming told the Sun Moon Emperor that the Crown Prince had not been replaced, while the emperor continued working despite his failing health.

During the Sun Moon Team’s final training before the Soul Master Competition, Ye Xishui sought Shengyang Yue’s advice on Soul Tools and struggled with the team’s growing isolation of her. The chapter ended as she apologized for isolating Shengyang Yue along with her, while he remained at her side.

• A year after joining the Sun Moon Royal Academy Team, Ye Xishui had reached Rank 67, and Shengyang Yue advised her to stabilize her Soul Power before pursuing further breakthroughs.
• Ye Xishui asked Shengyang Yue to assess her close-combat Soul Tool, and he teased her before pointing out that its quality had regressed.
• Kong Deming took the team to the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest for their final training and told the students to form pairs, assigning any unpaired member to Shengyang Yue’s group.
• The team members avoided pairing with Ye Xishui because they believed she was an Evil Soul Master’s disciple, and one Support System Soul Master asked Kong Deming for Soul Tool guidance to avoid joining her.
• Ye Xishui apologized to Shengyang Yue for being isolated alongside her, and he stayed silent beside her.

Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui encountered a Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant in Evil Demon Forest while Kong Deming sensed a separate Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast nearby. After the tyrant overwhelmed them with Spiritual Power pressure, Shengyang Yue used hidden clones to distract it and escaped with Ye Xishui.

• Ye Xishui confronted Shengyang Yue about the others isolating her before both sensed danger and prepared to fight.
• Kong Deming detected a terrifying aura, then saw a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and activated shields around the students.
• Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui identified a Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant and decided to fight rather than wait for Kong Lao.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant pinned them down with Spiritual Power pressure while Shengyang Yue concealed his true condition and searched for an opening.
• Shengyang Yue sent hidden clones to attack, drawing the tyrant's attention while he and Ye Xishui escaped.
• Enraged after the clones vanished, the Evil Eye Tyrant crushed nearby thousand-year and hundred-year Soul Beasts with its Spiritual Power pressure.

Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui escaped the Evil Eye Tyrant and suspected someone had controlled the beasts to target them. They prepared to fight separately if their plan failed, while Old Ghost Zhongli and Xu Yu discussed Shengyang Yue’s background.

• Shengyang Yue carried Ye Xishui to shelter, where she recovered and warned him not to use dark power.
• Shengyang Yue suspected the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant had been controlled, and he and Ye Xishui agreed on a plan to fight and flee separately if needed.
• Old Ghost Zhongli confronted Xu Yu about bringing two Rank 9 Soul Engineers and a Super Douluo, while Xu Yu explained that he wanted to investigate Shengyang Yue’s family and recruit him.
• Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui planned for him to lead while she attacked with Soul Tools, then separated if the plan failed.
• Shengyang Yue used Yang Power and waited in an open area as the Evil Eye Tyrant approached.

Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui ambushed the Evil Eye Tyrant, but its spiritual power overwhelmed them after Ye Xishui’s attack failed. Shengyang Yue unleashed all his Yang Power to destroy the beast and save Ye Xishui, who thanked him and vowed to forge him a better close-combat Soul Tool.

• Shengyang Yue confronted the Evil Eye Tyrant with the Yang Sword and used his dragon eyes to hold it in place for Ye Xishui’s surprise attack.
• Ye Xishui stabbed the Evil Eye Tyrant in the back of the head, but the wounded beast woke and blasted both humans away with its spiritual power.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant advanced on Ye Xishui, and Shengyang Yue chose to protect her instead of escaping.
• Shengyang Yue spent all his Yang Power on a fiery strike that burned the Evil Eye Tyrant to nothing.
• Ye Xishui transferred Soul Power to Shengyang Yue, thanked him for saving her, and promised to forge him a more powerful close-combat Soul Tool.

After a deadly encounter in the Evil Demon Forest, Kong Deming rescued Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui and promised compensation while learning that Shengyang Yue had nearly been killed by a Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant. As Shengyang Yue rested on Ye Xishui’s lap, Kong Deming noticed their closeness and resolved to discuss it with Elder Chen after they returned.

• Old Ghost Zhongli sensed that Shengyang Yue’s flame shared an origin with Xu Yu’s martial soul, and Xu Yu decided he wanted to recruit the three-attribute genius.
• Kong Deming searched the Evil Demon Forest after the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast left and found Ye Xishui treating Shengyang Yue’s injuries.
• Shengyang Yue demanded an explanation from Kong Deming, who gave him and Ye Xishui ten million Gold Soul Coins each and promised to seek further compensation.
• Ye Xishui told Kong Deming how the Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant had attacked them, and Kong Deming erupted in anger over the incident.
• Kong Deming left to search for the other students, while Shengyang Yue rested with his head on Ye Xishui’s lap.
• Kong Deming returned with the other students, saw Shengyang Yue on Ye Xishui’s lap, and decided to discuss their relationship with Elder Chen.

After returning to Sun Moon Royal Academy, Shengyang Yue agreed to accompany Ye Xishui to an auction in Mingdu, while Elder Chen set out for the palace to confront the emperor. Shengyang Yue then tried to work out how to claim the rest of Ye Xishui’s fortune and began writing down his fading memories.

• Kong Deming told Elder Chen how the emperor had plotted against Elder Chen’s student, and Elder Chen left for the palace with several Rank 9 Soul Engineers to demand an explanation.
• Ye Xishui invited Shengyang Yue to an auction that night, and he agreed to go with her.
• Xiao Hongchen tried to talk to Shengyang Yue about the invitation, but Shengyang Yue said someone had already asked him.
• Shengyang Yue considered how to obtain the remaining half of Ye Xishui’s fortune, realized his memories were fading, and began recording what he could remember.

Shengyang Yue weighed the risks of taking the fate of three powerful figures for himself, while Elder Chen confronted Emperor Xu Yu over the danger posed to the Sun Moon Team’s students. Xu Yu promised to keep Evil Soul Masters away from the students and compensate them, but afterward he vowed to eliminate Shengyang Yue if he refused to submit.

• Shengyang Yue considered sharing the fate-taking plan with a clone, but decided he would pursue the three figures’ fate alone and adapt if events strayed from the script.
• After learning what happened in the Evil Demon Forest, Elder Chen summoned his old companions and confronted Xu Yu in the imperial palace.
• Elder Chen accused Xu Yu of exposing the Sun Moon Team’s students to Evil Soul Masters and warned that the incident could damage the empire and its standing in the upcoming competition.
• Xu Yu claimed Elder Zhong had been testing Shengyang Yue and offered compensation, but Elder Chen demanded a clear guarantee instead.
• Xu Yu promised never again to let Evil Soul Masters contact the team’s students and pledged generous compensation for them.
• After Elder Chen left, Xu Yu flew into a rage and vowed to make Shengyang Yue disappear if he refused to submit after the Soul Master Competition.

Ye Xishui took Shengyang Yue to an auction after pulling him out of the academy by the hand. Seeing their closeness, Kong Deming and Elder Chen worried about the danger of Shengyang Yue becoming involved with the disciple of a Rank 99 Evil Soul Master, while Kong Deming considered keeping Ye Xishui at the academy.

• Shengyang Yue caught the book Ye Xishui had been reading, teased her about pursuing him, and then let her lead him out of the academy by the hand.
• Elder Chen saw Ye Xishui and Shengyang Yue leaving together and demanded that Kong Deming explain their relationship.
• Kong Deming told Elder Chen what had happened between Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui, then proposed keeping Ye Xishui at the academy to protect Shengyang Yue.
• Elder Chen cautioned Kong Deming not to rush into the plan, and Kong Deming flew after Ye Xishui and Shengyang Yue to watch over them.
• Ye Xishui brought Shengyang Yue to the auction house, said her master was in seclusion, and entered with him using two invitation cards.

Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui attended the Mingdu Auction, where they encountered Mu En and his Shrek Academy companions in disguise. After Mu En tried to approach Ye Xishui, she left with Shengyang Yue, whose own power she described as warm, mysterious, and scorching.

• Ye Xishui secured auction badges for herself and Shengyang Yue while Shengyang Yue spotted Mu En's group and recognized them as Shrek Academy students.
• Mu En noticed the pair watching him and approached, introducing himself as Mu Xiaogang while directing his attention toward Ye Xishui.
• Ye Xishui ignored Mu En and walked away with Shengyang Yue, prompting Mu En's companions to tease him.
• Mu En decided he had fallen in love with Ye Xishui at first sight and pursued her with his teammates following.
• Ye Xishui explained that Mu En's Light Power felt false and disgusting, then told Shengyang Yue that his power was like a warm but mysterious, scorching sun.

Shengyang Yue and Ye Xishui watched Mu En and his Shrek Academy companions get caught trying to enter the Mingdu Auction House with stolen invitations and no badges. As the group fought the guards, Ye Xishui suspected Shengyang Yue had made their badges disappear, while he insisted he had merely picked them up.

• Ye Xishui correctly guessed that Shengyang Yue wanted to ignite her, and he told her to stay away from him.
• Mu En and his companions were stopped at the auction entrance when they could not find the badges attached to their invitations.
• The guards questioned Mu En about Earl Tianhai, then tried to seize the group as spies when they could not explain themselves.
• Mu En revealed that the group were Shrek Academy students, prompting the guards to surround them for a chance at rewards.
• Mu En and his teammates decided to fight their way out, while Ye Xishui called them idiots and noticed the badges in Shengyang Yue's hand.
• Shengyang Yue claimed he had picked up the badges, and Ye Xishui concluded that he had acted out of jealousy because Mu En had made a move on her.

Kong Deming confronted Mu En and the Shrek Academy students after they caused trouble at the auction, and he prepared to kill them despite Mu En invoking his master. Someone intervened just as Kong Deming was about to strike, leaving the students’ fate unresolved.

• Ye Xishui and Shengyang Yue watched as Kong Deming arrived at the auction and recognized them among the onlookers.
• The guards told Kong Deming that the Shrek Academy students had killed a noble’s beast, and one student openly confirmed it.
• Kong Deming increased his pressure until the Shrek students were forced to their knees, then threatened to kill them despite Mu En naming his master, Wang Xinshi.
• Kong Deming drew a close-combat Soul Tool and approached Mu En, while his teammates cried, begged for mercy, and wet themselves.
• An unknown person appeared and blocked Kong Deming’s Soul Tool just as he was about to strike.